Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
A selection of posters and abstracts presented at Chapman University's Student Scholar Symposium (formerly Student Research Day) each fall and spring.
Full Abstract Volumes:
Fall 2023
Fall 2022 | Spring 2023
Fall 2021 | Spring 2022
Fall 2020 | Spring 2021
Fall 2019 | Spring 2020
Fall 2018 | Spring 2019
Fall 2017 | Spring 2018
Fall 2016 | Spring 2017
Fall 2015 | Spring 2016
Fall 2014 | Spring 2015
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Submissions from 2022
The Optimal Concentration of Exogenous Carbon Monoxide Tolerated by Alfalfa, Kevin Nguyen, Cedric P. Owens, and Hagop Atamian
ThinkMED: Inspiring The Future Of STEM, One Project At A Time, Steven Trinh and Lauren Dudley
Under New Direction: Using Theatre to Combat the Climate Crisis, Brian Kirsch
Understanding Parkinson’s Disease Through Gait Initiation and Center of Pressure, Mira Ananthanarayanan, Kiara Salceda, Michael Shiraishi, and Rahul Soangra
Understanding the Transition from General to Organic Chemistry, Hannah Chan
Utilizing Teslasuit to Analyze Changes in Joint Angles and Galvanic Skin Responses During Slips (A Stress-Inducing Task), Olivia Johnson, Caitlin Ha, and Audrey Arenal
Victimization: Examining the Fear of Mass Shootings, Isa Alarcon
Visual Demonstration of Substituent Effects for Chromium(VI) Alcohol Oxidation, Biyu (Chelsea) Zhao
What Are You Scared Of? How Social Media News Consumption Impacts Voter Fear, Emilie Haskell
Why do Americans Report a Greater Fear of Government Restrictions on Firearms than in Years Prior?, Ethan Oppenheim
"Why This Post Now?" : Dramaturging Politics and Social Media, Kennedy Kemmerer
Will Genius Fail? The Effect of Age, Education Level, and Race on Fear of Financial Collapse, Peter Mayne Cline
Xenophobia, Majority Insecurity, and Prejudice: Exploring the Motivations Behind Anti-Immigration Sentiments, Serena Park
Submissions from 2021
America's Declining Trust In Government, Megane Bos
Analysis of the Levels of Embodiment and its Relationship with Depression and Anxiety, Erin Kelly and David Pincus
Analyzing Speech Recognition for Individuals with Down Syndrome, Yingying 'Yuki' Chen, Franceli L. Cibrian, Deanna Hughes, and Vivian Genaro Motti
Behind the Belief: Predictors of Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories, Erisa Castillo
Beliefs and their Byproducts: The Impact of Religiosity and Political Ideology on Attitudes Toward COVID-19, Vaccines, and Climate Change, Philip Goodrich
Beyond the Politics of Climate Change: How Education and Income Level Affect Environmental Values, Joanna Falla
By Any Other Name: A Rhetoric of Violence and Reclamation in the Philippine Drug War, Bernadine Cortina
Catalytic Activity of Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)germanium (Cp*2Ge), Haley Robertson and Allegra Liberman-Martin
Checkerboard of Interests: Native American Tribes and the Politics of Land Tenure Reform, Anika Manuel
Comparing qPCR and CFU to Verify Rhizobia Genotype Proportions, Yoobeen Lee, Hagop Atamian, and Kenjiro Quides
Compounded Gabapentin for Felines: Associated Metabolic Processes and Analysis of Potency, Johnny Altwal
Computational Design of β-Fluorinated Morphine Derivatives for pH-specific Binding, Nayiri Alexander, Makena Augenstein, Angelina Sorensen, and Matthew Gartner
Computational Design of β-Fluorinated Morphine Derivatives for pH-specific Binding, Makena Augenstein, Nayiri Alexander, and Matthew Gartner
Covid 19 & Qanon: Enter the World of Conspiracies, Gianluca Allesina
COVID-19 Safety Guideline Compliance by Gender Identity, Emma Rothleutner
Cultural Influences on Exercise Type and Body Confidence in Women, Skye Sakashita and Desiree Crevecoeur-MacPhail
Curing Mental Health Disorders One Microbial at a Time, Karyss Thompson
Development of Comprehensive Theoretical Morphospaces for Canine Cranial Morphology, Alexa Ortega, Nicholas Hebdon, and Lindsay Waldrop
Does Fear of Government Corruption Affect Voter Turnout?, Ryan Nahmias
Evaluation of the TruNarc Handheld Narcotics Analyzer as a Pre-Analysis Screening Device for the Orange County Crime Lab, Sarah Yang, D. Bauer, C. Woltz, S. Soto, and Michael Ibba
Eva Peron, the Radio, and her Strategic Influence on Peronism, or Eva Perón, la radio y su influencia estratégica en el peronismo, Natalya Bachoura
Exploring the Ecological Dynamics of Simple Rhizobial Artificial Populations Using qPCR, Teresa Hur, Hagop Atamian, and Kenjiro Quides
Fabricating Nanophotonic Devices using Nanofabrication Techniques, Scott Cummings
Fall 2021 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Fear and Skepticism: A Changing Climate During the Trump Era, Devin Lopez
Flamenco Dance and Film in Francisco Franco's Spain (Baile flamenco y cine en la España de Francisco Franco), Gia Roberts
Framing the Axis of Evil: American Fear of an Iranian Nuclear Attack, Sabrina Ghashehbaba
Friend or Foe: Explaining the Antagonism Towards Immigrants in the United States, Skyelar Andrews
Fundamental Causes of Racial and Ethnic COVID-19-Related Health Disparities, Hana Neutz
Gender Gap in Computer Science: An Invitational Rhetoric Study, Cindy Ramirez
How COVID19 has Impacted Students Nutrition and Eating Habits with the Abrupt Closure of Restaurants and Campuses, Chloe Sermet
How Does Aging Influence the Fear of Gun Control in America?, Alyssa Castanon
How Self-Evaluation of Demographics Modulates the Effects of Attractive Celebrity Images on Self-Image, Leyla Rakshani
How to Navigate Womanhood Within the Patriarchy, Hannah Scott
Hydroboration of Isocyanates Using a Carbodiphosphorane Catalyst, Ben Janda and Allegra Liberman-Martin
Impact of Appearance-Related Language on Dancers’ Body Image, Madeline Bertoy
Investigating Arginine Methylation of PGC-1alpha, a Master Metabolic Regulator, Tiffany Lubrino, Sidney Briski, and Cecilia Lopez
Ketone Hydroboration with a New Carbodiphosphorane Catalyst, Cara Fleener and Allegra Liberman-Martin
Lifespan Urbanicity and Perceived Neighborhood Disorder on Cardiovascular Health, Jackie Pak and Jennifer N. Robinette
Maintaining Physical Activity During COVID-19: The Influence of Psychosocial Variables in Individuals with Back Pain, Heidi Stabbert
Media Frames and Their Impact on Support for Immigrants and Immigrant Policies, Lisbeth Rosales
Media Influences on Fear of Immigrants, Mira Eissa
Patterns of Fear of Being Murdered and Homicide Victimization: A Comparison of Perceived and Realistic Risk, Madilyn Rosenson
Perceptions of Homelessness and Mental Illness, Sophie Srivastava and Vincent Berardi
Personality Differences Between College Students With and Without Siblings, Lindsay Hammerle
Personality Rigidity and Psychopathology Pre and Post COVID19 Pandemic, Kiyono McDaniel and David Pincus
Personality Traits Influencing the Psychological Impact of Autoimmune Diseases in College Students and Older Adults, Natasha Lindert
Political Parties on Campus: College Republicans and College Democrats’ Conceptions of Partisanship, Philip Goodrich
Prevention of School Shootings: Understanding Generational Perceptions of School Shooters, Hannah Ravitch
Probing for Intention: Latent Awareness or Metacognitive Reflection, Kate Harder, Jake Gavenas, Aaron Schurger, and Uri Maoz
“Professor Eric Can’t Hear”: Developing and Piloting a Teaching Case Study for an Upper Division Neurophysiology Course, Lexi Lee and Caroline Wilson
Protein Protection: Characterizing how CowN Protects Nitrogenase, Emily Wong, Terrence Lee, and Cedric P. Owens
QAnon: The Effects of Radical Ideology on Conspiracy Belief, Sam Andrus
Race, Ethnicity, and Insurance: The Association with Opioid Use in a Pediatric Hospital Setting, Vivian Luong
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Benefit of Social Networks on Anxiety Symptoms, Melissa Vargas Calderon and Jennifer Robinette
Sex as a Moderator in the Relationship between Post-operative Pain and Analgesics Administered in Children Undergoing Elective Surgery, Amber M. Osorno, Michelle A. Fortier, Zeev N. Kain, and Brooke N. Jenkins
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: An Intersectional Analysis of a Modern Reboot, Laine Marshall
Sovereignty, Statehood, and Subjugation: Native Hawaiian and Japanese American Discourse over Hawaiian Statehood, Nicole Saito
Spring 2021 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Surrealist Expressions of Psychological Struggles in Select Paintings by Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí, Regina Juarez
Surviving Through the Lessons of Sports, Ryan Fabre
Terrorism and Deceptive Media, Roxanne Aguilera
The Benefits of Yoga: Reducing Anxiety Among Chapman University Students, Olivia Lujan, Jessica Bebawi, Jake Caan, Khiry Carter, Jordan Eisleben, and Tony Varga
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Associations of College Students' Financial Situations and Optimism with Mental & Physical Health, Harshitha V. Venkatesh, Julia K. Boehm, and Brooke N. Jenkins
The Distrust of Experts, Noah Smith
The Effects of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on Anxiety Prevalence and Treatment, Brianna Liberman
The Effects of MIndfulenss on Stress, with Implications for Alzheimer's Disease, Rabia Asif, Amanda Hamilton, Jenna McKee, and Manjari Murali
The Impacts of Race Implicit Association Test Training on Undergraduate Students, Rachel Norum
The Impacts of Social Support and Loneliness on the Physical Health and Coping Styles of College Students during COVID-19, Hee Youn Lee, Harshitha V. Venkatesh, Julia K. Boehm, and Brooke N. Jenkins
The Implications of COVID-19 on Fear of Financial Collapse, Alexis Reekie
The Partisan Effects of COVID-19: News Sources and Mask Wearing, Lily Martin
The Relationship Between Norepinephrine Neuromodulation and Stability of Global Brain States Studied Using Electroencephalography and Trans-cranial Magnetic Stimulation, Emma Krivoshein, Aaron Schurger, and Jake Gavenas
The Relationship Between Perceived Neighborhood Disorder and Type 2 Diabetes Risk Across Different Racial/Ethnic Groups, Min Yu and Jennifer N. Robinette
The Rise and Fall of the American Fear of Climate Change: Examining the Trends of Climate Change Fear in the United States, Hannah Waldorf
The Rise of Social Media and the Fall of Internal Peace: How do Media Influence People's Fear of Mass Shootings?, Christian Grevin
ThinkMED: Providing An Environment For Disadvantaged Students To Explore STEM, Steven Trinh, Lauren Dudley, and Peter Chang
Traditional Sexual Script and Double Standard Adherence: Predictors of Heterosexually Identified Women’s and Men’s Previous Engagement in Consensual Non-Monogamy, Nina Dours, Amy Moors, Amanda N. Gesselman, and Justin R. Garcia
Translating Nonsense: An Analysis of the Poem “Jabberwocky” and Two French Translations, Kylie R. Deer
Types of Bias-Based Bullying and School Climate Perceptions, Attendance, and Grades, Erin Bonham, Meghan Cosier, and Desiree Crevecoeur-MacPhail
Using Health Data to Provide Better Emotional Assistance to Children with ADHD, Christopher Youn
Using HPLC to Analyze Methylated Arginine Derivatives in Myelin Basic Protein, a protein implicated in Multiple Sclerosis, Sidney Briski, Tiffany Lubrino, Alexander Meza, and Cecilia Lopez
Vaccine Hesitancy, the COVID 19 Pandemic, and Christian Fundamentalism, Nicole Drew
Submissions from 2020
ADL (Activities of Daily Living) Differences Amongst Healthy Older and Younger Individuals, Parkinson’s, and Stroke Populations, Johanna Daerendinger, Bridgette Khol, Michael Shiraishi, and Rahul Soangra
A Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Lens on Psychotherapy Process, Mary Harding